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On the BBC Introducing show at 6 Music, we don’t care about fancy packaging or press releases: the only thing that counts is what comes out of the speakers. But it takes five times longer to unpack, load, play & eject a CD than it does to listen to the same track online. So if there’s something you really want us to hear, don’t send another CD to add to the pile. Instead use the Recommend Music page on our website and we’ll be sure to listen and consider the track for our show!
Soundtrack: Les Waters “Boiled Eggs and Nuts” and Candy Panic Attack “Operator”.
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It takes so long to work through this many CDs that inevitably some of them are going to slip between the cracks and never get heard. Two key points from “How To Send CDs to Radio” posting (see left): it’s VITAL to put a sticker with all the key info – plus recommended tracks if its an album – on the outside of the sleeve: all the top radio pluggers do this, without exception. And sending your CD in a jewel case makes it bulkier and heavier: if someone is picking discs from the pile to take home & listen to, they’ll probably choose the ones with the least packaging… On our show we got around the problem of dealing with hundreds of submissions a week by getting everything sent through the same Recommend Music link on our show page at BBC 6 Music (see left). All the key info comes through to the same place in the same format, and it’s just a question of working your way down a list: click/listen/decide, click/listen decide. Everything gets heard & considered, guaranteed.
Believe what Tom says! He diligently worked his way through to our submission, listened, and played it more than a few times on the show. Thanks for having open ears and open mind, Tom.
Mike from Portslade
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And DON’T send your submission on a cassette…
Haha no, quite right Marco. I know one band in Oxford who are actually threatening to release on wax cylinder next year.